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A woman rolls a marijuana cigarette in this Aug. 30, 2014, file photo. Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Alaska became the third U.S. state, along with Washington and Colorado, to legalize recreational use of marijuana on Tuesday, but it still is...

Watch video of more than a dozen manatees being saved from a drain pipe in Florida.
Nineteen manatees seeking the warm waters of a Florida beach were rescued after they became trapped in a drainage pipe.
Animal specialists and local authorities used...

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A new study believes that the answer to preventing roadway accidents is to pump up the perceived action in road signs. Image by Ryan Elder
How do you make drivers pay more attention to road signs? Simple: increase the action.
While the idea may...

Representative Aaron Schock, R-Ill., during 2014 an interview in Washington, D.C. The Associated Press has uncovered records indicating that Schock used taxpayer and campaign funds on flights aboard private planes owned by some of his key donors....